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Re:Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of R...
by tasty_freeze on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:20PM
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Why does he have to say it? Because there are jerks out there who will dismiss his actions as virtue signaling. He is stating it is personal and he is committed.
Do complain this much and call it virtue signaling if someone says they served in the armed forces and they love the flag?
Re:Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of R...
by na85 on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:25PM
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>Why does he have to say that he's married to a black woman. That he has a black child. That he is quitting. That he's hiring a BLACKKK person etc. Just do it man, don't make a wave.
Because he's trying to make a statement that racism is wrong, and because he wants the reasons for his resignation to be publically known, of course.
Isn't that obvious?
But even if it wasn't a personal issue to him, I'm more disturbed by the number of people who 100% fail to engage with an issue and dismiss it as virtue signalling, as if a person couldn't authentically care about the issue.
Yes, Ohanian is a rich guy, but by stepping away from his role at reddit, it is foregoing likely future income. He is going to spend time working on these issues. Why is that so easy to dismiss?